Ind. trooper lauded as 'hero' for citing 'slowpoke' driver
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valhalla360 wrote:DutchmenSport wrote:
The article says no where how fast or slow this offender was going. If the "offender" was traveling the speed limit, then this office is completely wrong. Speed limit is that THAT .... L I M I T!!!! Any lane. Now, I can see if the speed limit is 65 and the offender is traveling 40 in the "fast lane." Then yes, there is justification. But if the "offender is traveling 65, she was not wrong ... EVERYONE ELSE IS. But YOU are probably one of those who think the law doesn't mean anything either! Drive any speed you want as long as you don't get a ticket! WRONG! You are still breaking the law!
The few times I've had to drive I-465 around Indianapolis, I've been caught in a whirwind of traffic. The speed LIMIT is 55, all the way around I-465 (Indianapolis). In order to keep from getting run over, I had to travel 85 in the SLOW lane! I finally said... SCREW THIS and slowed to 55 (in the right lane), and I swear everyone zoomed by me like I was standing still. AND THE L I M I T is 55!
Nope, even if you are going the limit, lane discipline laws say you must be in the right lane unless passing.
If she was hanging out in the left lane and not passing at the speed limit, she was very much a danger on the road. She was creating far more of a danger than drivers simply keeping up with traffic.
PS: If everyone is going faster than the speed limit, the speed limit is set incorrectly. The Institute of Traffic Engineers recommended practice is to take the 85th percentile speed and round to the nearest 5mph when setting the speed limit. If 90% of traffic is exceeding the speed limit, it's not the 90% of drivers that are in the wrong, it's the officials setting the speed limit that are wrong.
Okay I've got to take vahalla360 to task too, ITE is neither the legislature, law enforcement, insurance companies nor good common sense. A "recommended" practice, sounds suspiciously like a vague and unsubstantiated practice that a "professional would use to CYA. Common sense over rules that practice anytime.